Always have a dog or two, lovem.
Here is a short funny story.
When I was young my father decided he was going to breed Irish setters.
So he has a female already, goes and spends a fortune on a male.
So couple days after getting the male he went moose hunting for a week. While he was gone the dam male ran away. Then to top it off my dog a mixed breed mongral knocked up the female. Which we weren't 100% of the father till she had 11 mixed puppies. He sold the female gave away the puppies and never mentioned breeding dogs ever again. Some how I ended up in the dog house after everything.